Dictionary
milk
Meaning
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- A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
- A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.
- (informal) An individual serving of milk.
- An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.
- The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
- (slang) Semen.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɪlk/
Cognate with Western Frisian
molke
Cognate with Dutch
melk
Cognate with German
Milch
Cognate with Polish
mleko
Cognate with German
melken
Cognate with Latin
mulgeō
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